Chuck Valley, vice president for Romanian operations with the Bellingham-based Kidstown International, shows photos to two residents at the Casa Otneil home for abandoned children outside Timisoara, Romania on Sept. 28, 2015. C.R. RobertsStaff writer

Chuck Valley, vice president for Romanian operations with the Bellingham-based Kidstown International, shows photos to two residents at the Casa Otneil home for abandoned children outside Timisoara, Romania on Sept. 28, 2015. C.R. RobertsStaff writer

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Charity Navigator, a charity watchdog group, does not list Kidstown because of its small financial footprint.

“What we’re doing is just a grain of sand,” said Kidstown’s executive director, Matthew Smith, a 15-year veteran.

He said 92 percent of the group’s funding comes through sponsorships — 70 percent from Washington state residents and the remainder primarily from the Midwest. Sponsorships are $456 a year, or $38 a month, per child.

The group has hired seven regional administrators, two each in Romania and Nepal, and three in India.